Improvement in bridle-bits



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FRIEDERIOH B. KALKBRENNER, 0F CLNTON, MISOURI.'l

Letters Parent No. 108,795, dated November 1,1870.

Hoorn- IMPROVEMENT IN BRlDLE-BITS.

The Schedule referred to in these Batters Patent and making part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in bridle? bits, and consists in making the part which goes through the mouth in two parts, and providing each part with a pair of levels or check-pieces, to one of which it is connected at each end, the said pairof levers being jointed together, and one pair for the check-rein being so arranged that when the said check-reins are pulled, the divided bit will be separated in such a way as to force the animf ls mouth open, and prevent him from seizing the bit between the teeth.

Figure 1 is a plan view of' my improved bit, and

Figure 2 is a section of the same on the line x x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A B represent the two parts of' the bit, which` pass through the month.

'lhe part Ais conneetcdat the ends to the long check-rein levers C, and the part B is similarly connected to the short levers l). These levers D are pivoted at their upper ends to the levers C at E, and the opposite ends, which project considerablybeyoml the part B of the bit, carry the curb-,chain 1i.

lhe lower ends of the cheek-pieces 01' levers C have' loops F for the attachment of the driving-reins, the action of which, when pulled by the driver, is t0 hold the two parts A B of the bit together, making an easy bit for ordinary driving, but when the check-rein is pulled, the levers C, being tilted back on the pivot li,

:is-shown in dotted lines lig. 1, will swing the part A y forward and against the upper part of the month, and force the animal to open it, while, at the same time, the driving-rein I being kept taut and the curb-chain It acting upon the under side of the chin, keeps the part B from rising with it. s Having thus described lny invention,

l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentv.

The half-bit A and Vcheek-rein levers G C, combined as described, with the half-bit B, and pivoted level-s1) D for the purpose set forth.

'FRIEDERICH B. KALKBREXNER.

Witnesses: Y

GEORGE BENZ, S. B. HoLcoMn. 

